Longitudinal outline1.350 metres
Horizontal outline1.243 metres
Grade 544 metres. (from +139 m. to 683 m.)
Angle of the geometric slope of the design23º 38'
Average grade the cabins overpass on their run 43º a 45º
Number of supports or towers 2
Number of cabins 2, with capacity for 35 + 1 people each. ( weight of each cabin: 2,175 kg weight when empty, and 4,900 kg weight when fully loaded.)
 
Engines (3)
2 electric, completely independent, with 84 HP
    -730 rpm motors (main engine) and 38 HP
    -725 rpm (auxiliary engine), respectively. 1 diesel thermal relief motor of 130 kw
    - 1,500 rpm. The main engine and the relief engine reach a speed of 5 metres/second; the auxiliary engine, 2 metres/second.
Running time of the main machine five and a half minutes
Cables
- 2 carrying cables of 59 mm diameter with two tension cables of 75 mm diameter.
- 1 traction cable of 27 mm diameter
- 1 counter-traction cable of 21 mm diameter with a tension cable of 38 mm diameter.
- 1 auxiliary cable of 22 mm diameter with a tension cable of 38 mm diameter
Counterweights
- 2 counterweights of the carrying cables' tension cables, of 50,000 kg each.
- - 1 counterweight of the counter-traction's tension cable of 7,600 kg.
- - 1 counterweight of the relief cable's tension cable made up of two independent blocks of 5,000 kg each.
 
 




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